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SIXTY LESSONS. 


Price §1.00, with free individual instruction. 


Cook's Correct Copies, 

G. M. COOK. 

Write for information concerning free individual instruction for these lessoas by the author. 
This iastructioa will iacrease the vaiue of the lessoas to you ten fold. 


Published by THE COOK COMPANY, Conneaat, Ohio. Copyrighted 1897, by C. M. Cook. 




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For producing this Y?^3 ^' 'Q£'''--%^Tfing lessons is to supply the needs of the district school, and those who wish to cultivate 
a good business hand at home. These lessons are the result of careful study, and a number of years’ experience in teaching 
writing. The method is the same that I employ in the Public Schools of this city. 

These lessons are entirely unlike anything ever produced, and I am confident will meet the requirements for which 
they were designed. By carefully following the instructions here given, the learner will, in a short time, be ^ble to write 
a first-class business hand. • Respectfully, 


Connkaut, Ohio, November, 1897. 

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Before Practicing tine Following Course: 


POSITION. —Sit facing desk squarely. Feet flat on floor. Body eredt without support from desk. Elbow extending 
one and a half or two inches over lower right corner of desk. Paper at same angle as arm. Wrist flat and free from 
desk. Ends of last two fingers touch paper lightly. Pen between thumb and finger, holder extending past knuckle joint. 

PRACTICE.— Lessons should be of twenty to thirty minutes’ duration at least. Always give movement exercises, 
five to ten minutes’ work, first. See that the arm has a free rolling motion on the muscle in front of the elbow at all 
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each letter away from the one preceding it, but keep spacing between letters uniform. Eet your work appear free and 
easy. . Send samples of work freely. Criticisms will be made and suggestions offered when return postage is enclosed. 
Practice regularly each day. Use good business or foolscap paper. Change count every time direction of stroke changes. Be 
sure to count during the practice of every lesson. Write nothing except what is given you in these lessons. Make two 
lessons of each page—one on the small letter, and one on the capital. If you will follow the directions closely, whether at 
home or in school, yauj will agree with me that the copy book is a “thing of the past.” Engraved copies are not 
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Send plenty of specimens. 


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Conxeatjt,- O., Nov. 18, 1897. 

It is a pleasure to recommend Prof. Cook’s system of writing for the 
reason that it can be done conscientiously. The system is carefully thought 
out and wrought out, the result being a series of graded lessons which, 
v r ken followed by the pupil, means a steady progress in correct penman¬ 
ship. 

Prof. Cook’s system is in use in our schools with entire satisfaction. 

J. F. ULLERY, 

Superintendent of Conneaut Schools. 


I have examined the “Cook’s Correct Copies ” and believe it to pos¬ 
sess all the merit its author claims for it. Whoever avails himself of this 
means to improve his penmanship, and follows Mr. Cook’s instructions 
conscientiously, will find it useful. 

The subject of writing as herein presented is reduced to actual prac¬ 
tice. Every principle enunciated and every rule given is based upon suc¬ 


cessful experience. The plan has been thoroughly tested and its entire 
practicability conclusively demonstrated. 

C. E. CAREY, 

Superintendent of Public Education, Warren, Ohio. 


Akron - , O., Oct. 22, 1897. 

Me. C. M. Cook: I have carefully examined your outlines for the 
systematic study of penmanship, and find them most practical and compre¬ 
hensive in every detail. 

One of the greatest advantages to the student who uses your copies is 
that they are not carved or engraved, but written. They are certainly 
very valuable for home study and a much needed aid to teachers and 
students where a supervisor of writing is not employed. I most heartily 
recommend them to school boards, teachers and students. 

Very Respectfully, F. L. BROWN, 

Principal Howe School. 




















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